| Introduction: | | | | 3- There is a statistically significant relationship |
| The marital adjustment provides the chance to a | | | | between personality traits (depression, anxiety & |
| happy family and helps both the husband and wife to | | | | compulsive obsessions) in autistic child’s parents |
| cope successfully with the changing situations despite | | | | and the progression rate of the autistic child in the |
| the contradicting aspects in the personality of both the | | | | training program. |
| husband and wife. Of the situations that need coping | | | | 4- There is a statistically significant relationship |
| and adaptability is the presence of an autistic child as a | | | | between differences between mean Scores of the |
| member of the family; Autism is one of the childhood | | | | martially adjusted and maladjusted in the post – |
| disturbances which is characterized by an inability in | | | | test of the training program . |
| the social interaction and an inability in the | | | | 5- There are statistically significant difference between |
| communication and the imaginative playing, and a | | | | mean scores of the children of high and low parents at |
| decreased extent of activities and interesting which | | | | personality traits (depression, anxiety & |
| usually appears before the third year of age the | | | | compulsive obsessions) at the post – test of the |
| agreement and understanding among family members, | | | | training program. |
| especially the parents, is a principal factor in the | | | | * The study terms: |
| development of this child in the training program which | | | | The study is lined out by the participants, of the study, |
| is very important for the autistic child and his parents in | | | | as well as, the Egyptian population from which this |
| which the child is been trained to depend on its self to | | | | sample is selected, and by study variables as |
| be autonomic and developing his skills at general which | | | | measured by tests and measures used and the |
| the stress of parents as aresult of the child’s | | | | statistical techniques employed. |
| development degree may be affected by the nature | | | | * Study procedures: |
| of the marital adjustment between parents and the | | | | (A) participants:- |
| nature of the parents’ personality traits | | | | 1- Autistic children group: A number of 23 autistic child |
| (depression, anxiety, or obsesses ) | | | | aged 6 – 12 years old , selected from “ |
| The study problem:- | | | | Abaa wa Abnaa “ center for mentally retarded |
| The study problem is determined within responding to | | | | care, and from “ Al Ebn Al Khas “ center |
| the following questions:- | | | | for caring children of mental special needs. |
| 1- Are there statistically significant differences between | | | | 2- Autistic children’s parents group: A number of |
| mean scores of the autistic children group on training | | | | 46 participant who are originally the parents of the |
| program utilized in pre and post test? | | | | autistic children group; (23)mother & (23) father, |
| 2- Is there statistically significant relationship between | | | | aged 30 – 50 yrs. Old) |
| marital adjustment in the autistic child’s parents | | | | (B) Study tools: - the study has used the following |
| and its developmental rate in the training program? | | | | tools: - |
| 3- Is there statistically significant relationship between | | | | 1-Marital adjustment questionnaire: |
| personality traits (depression, anxiety & | | | | Authorized by: Moors Manson & Arthur Learner, |
| compulsive obsessions) of the autistic child’s | | | | translated and standardized into Arabic by Adel Ezz El |
| parents and the development degree of the autistic | | | | din El ashwal (1989) |
| child in the training program? | | | | 2- Beck depression inventory (short form ) Authorized |
| 4- Are there statistically significant differences | | | | by : Beck Translated and prepared by Ghareeb Abd |
| between mean scores of children of martially adjusted | | | | – El fattah (1990) |
| parents and maladjusted parents in the post – | | | | 3- Taylor manifest anxiety scale Developed by tylor, |
| test of the training program. | | | | translated by Ahmed Mohamed Abd – El |
| 5- Are there statistically significant differences | | | | Khalek . |
| between mean scores of children of high and low in | | | | 4- Autism diagnosis criteria in DSM IV for mental |
| personality traits (depression, anxiety. & | | | | disorders (1994) |
| compulsive obsessions) in post – test of the | | | | 5- Arabic scale for compulsive obsessions; Developed |
| training program. | | | | by Ahmed Mohamed Abd – El Khalek (1992) |
| The study importance: | | | | 6- Family socioeconomic status scale; Developed by |
| The importance of the study lies in the study of the | | | | Abd – El Aziz El shakhs (1995 A. D) second edit |
| relation ship of marital adjustment & personality | | | | 7- Goddard shapes board test for measuring |
| traits (depression, anxiety & compulsive | | | | intelligence |
| obsessions) in autistic child’s parents and the | | | | 8- Autistic child scale developed by Adel Abdullah |
| developmental degree of autistic child in training | | | | Mohammed (2001A.D) |
| programs in which our understanding increases about | | | | 9- Primary data and developmental history sheet |
| autism, as well as, enriching the researches in this field, | | | | Developed by the Author |
| specifically, where there is a rarity in researches, which | | | | 10- Entrance to the Autistic child sheet developed by |
| handled programs of developing autistic child skills in | | | | the Author. |
| the Egyptian Society, specially, self – caring | | | | 11- Program of developing some self caring skills for |
| programs . | | | | the autistic child developed by the author |
| Childhood examination in the current study aims to | | | | * Statistical manipulation: - |
| recognizing its problems and demands, as well as, the | | | | The following statistical procedures have been |
| family which is the society nucleus, in addition to, | | | | employed |
| demonstrating its relationship with the marital | | | | 1- Spearman rankings correlation coefficient |
| adjustment which is the nucleus of the upbringing of | | | | 2- WilKockson test (w) |
| children with healthy socialization. | | | | 3- Mann – Whitney test (U) |
| Study aims: | | | | The study results: - |
| The study aims is represented in the following points:- | | | | By responding to the hypotheses, the study results |
| 1- discovering the effect of training program in | | | | have been represented as follows :- |
| developing some self-caring skills in autistic children | | | | 1- There are statistically significant differences |
| group. | | | | between pre – test and post – test in the |
| 2- discovering the nature of relationship between the | | | | autistic children group at the training program in favor |
| marital adjustment in the autistic child’s parents | | | | of the post – test . |
| and the developmental rate of the autistic child in the | | | | 2- There isn’t any statistically significant |
| training programs. | | | | relationship between personality traits (depression, |
| 3- Discovering the nature of relationship between the | | | | anxiety & compulsive obsessions) of autistic |
| personality traits (depression, anxiety & | | | | child’s parents and at which extent the autistic |
| compulsive obsessions) in autistic child’s parents, | | | | child is progressing in the training program . |
| and the developmental rate of the autistic child in | | | | 3- There isn’t any statistically significant |
| training program. | | | | relationship between personality traits (depression, |
| 4- discovering the nature of differences between the | | | | anxiety & compulsive obsessions) in the autistic |
| children of martially adjusted and unadjusted in the | | | | child’s parents and the progression degree of |
| post – test of the training program. | | | | the autistic child in the training program. |
| 5- discovering the nature of differences between | | | | 4- There are statistically significant differences |
| children of high and low in personality traits (anxiety, | | | | between mean scores of children of maritally adjusted |
| depression & compulsive obsessions) in the post | | | | mothers and mean scores of children of maritally |
| – test of the training program. | | | | maladjusted mothers, meanwhile, There weren’t |
| Hypotheses:- | | | | any statistically significant differences between mean |
| 1- There are statistically significant differences | | | | scores of children of the martially adjusted and |
| between mean scores of autistic children group in the | | | | maladjusted parents at the post –test of the |
| training program at pre - & post – test in | | | | training program. |
| favor of the post – test in some self-caring skills | | | | 5- There aren’t statistically significant |
| 2- There is a statistically significant relationship | | | | differences between mean scores of children of those |
| between the score of marital adjustment of autistic | | | | high and low in personality traits (depression, anxiety |
| children’s parents and the progression degree | | | | & compulsive obsessions) in the post – test |
| of the autistic child in the training program. | | | | of the training program. |